November 17, 2011
After UNESCO: Implications for U.S. Leadership
3P's Israeli-Palestinian Congressional Forum organized a November 17 briefing for 40 Congressional staff from both Republican and Democrat offices. The forum discussed the October 31 UNESCO vote to grant the Palestinian PLO full membership.
This historic vote has led to a legislatively mandated cut-off of U.S. funding to UNESCO. Possible future non-payments of U.S. financial contributions to other UN entities that admit Palestine as a member include agencies that represent important U.S. national interests. Agencies such as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called into question the strategy of linking U.S. policy toward the PLO and its funding of the UN.
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| (From left to right): Nizar Farsakh, General Director, PLO General Delegation to the U.S.; Roee Ruttenberg, Independent Tel Aviv-based Israeli-American journalist; Amb. Mark P. Lagon, Former U.S. Amb. at Large to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Dept. of State, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs; Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen, Moderator, Center for Conflict Management; Amb. Nancy Soderberg, Former Deputy Asst. Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs; Jeffrey Kushan, Former Alternate Representative to the UN, Intellectual Property/Patents expert, Sidley Austin LLP. |
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